9.0 Grains unique, either normal 250 grain RNGC or RCBS 45-SAA-270.
Ruger BH or Rifles.
Accurate, lethal, plenty of daylight transfer....
9.0 Grains unique, either normal 250 grain RNGC or RCBS 45-SAA-270.
Ruger BH or Rifles.
Accurate, lethal, plenty of daylight transfer....
Salvaging old Marlins is not a pasttime...it's a passion
I've been shooting an NOE rnfpgc on top of 11.2gr. of aa#5. It averages 1233fps out of an 18" '73 barrel and if I did the math right is 844fp of energy. I get 1.7" @ 50yds groups but worry the pressure more than the 18000cup I hope it is.
Jim has it down pat
8 grains of Unique in the mighty 45 Colt is a magic load in my opinion. Fine in any firearm in good condition in this caliber.
Sure it's fun to stoke them hot if you have a Ruger or such but at lever gun distance (for me 150 yards max) this load behind my RCBS mold cast Keith boolit is the final chapter for anything I hunt regularly.
If I could get that close to an elk I don't know, I'd probably want something a little faster but a big fat 45 caliber boolit going along over 1,000 fps out of a rifle is good medicine for just about everything.
If your mind goes blank don't forget to turn off the sound!
Like salvadore I use AA#5 around 11gr for the same sized bullet, accurate, powerful never felt I needed more. My most accurate load in 44 mag is 12 gr AA#5 sameish sized boolit. Me and #5 get along.
I've found that any FNL boolit at 1000 to 1200 fps will knock a whitetail deer flat if fairly well placed. It didn't seem to matter if it was a 250 grain LFN or a 330 grain LFN.
BD
How fast do those 8.0gr unique loads with 250/260grainers shoot over a chrony?
That sounds good to me.........
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |